Tuesday, August 3, 1999 Published at 15:09 GMT 16:09 UKWorld: Asia-PacificPicture gallery: Floods across AsiaFrom Thailand to the Philippines, much of East Asia has been hit by severe flooding this week, with thousands evacuated from their homes and more storms forecast.

Residents take to their roofs in Marikina City in the suburbs of the Philippines' capital Manila.

A bus tries to make headway along a flooded Manila street.

Paju City north of the South Korean capital Seoul was flooded by the Imjin River.

A baby is passed to safety at Cainta,
east of Manila.

Breakfast al fresco for a family in Chanthaburi province in Thailand.

South Korean firefighters use a rubber raft to evacuate flood victims in Paju CIty.

Improvised rafts in a Manila suburb.

A cemetery keeper tends tombs at a flooded Christian cemetery
in Chanthaburi.